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Cleat wear – what is normal?

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  • September 6, 2017 at 2:52 pm #27608
    theironduck

    I have just taken the plunge and bought some Powertap P1S power meter pedals from Wiggle.  This has meant using road-style cleats for the first time – I have used SPDs up until now.  The cleats look like Look Keos but are supposedly incompatible (the instructions explicitly state not to use Looks with the pedals).  The interwebs suggest they may be Wellgo cleats.

    Having completed two rides I notice that both cleats appear quite worn and one is broken (but still useable I think).  Is this normal?  I assume not!  Wiggle have offered to send me a spare set for free but advise that I shouldn’t walk in them or that I should use cleat covers (available from all good retailers).  I have not walked in them very far – about 10 metres from my back door to the road and the occasional “dab” at traffic lights.  I find it hard to believe they should be so delicate.

    What mileage do you get from your cleats?  Do you do a special walk to avoid wearing them out?  Has anyone else had eperience with Powertap/Wellgo pedals/cleats?

    Thanks!

     

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  • September 7, 2017 at 7:05 am #901779
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    theironduck
    dottigirl wrote:
    SPDs. 5 years and still using the same pair (though tbh, there’s a fair bit of float).

    angel

    Mine are on about their fourth year!

    September 7, 2017 at 7:03 am #901777
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    theironduck
    sergius wrote:
    I wear through the left much faster than the right, but generally get a years’ use out of a pair of Shimano ones.

    Interesting.  Any idea why?  I tend to put down my right leg foot when I stop so I’d’ve thought the cleat on thay side would be showing the most wear but that’s not the case.  Goodness know what’s happened to the grey plastic on the left shoe.  All I can think of is that I have caught it trying (and failing) to clip in.

    September 7, 2017 at 2:23 am #901775
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    beezus fufoon

    given your nickname

    given your nickname theironduck, I’m surprised you haven’t invented that special walk yourself – maybe something combining the usual pigeon-toed pregnant penguin waddle of the roadie and a form of goose step where the impact is taken on the heel?

    September 7, 2017 at 12:59 am #901773
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    dottigirl

    SPDs. 5 years and still using

    SPDs. 5 years and still using the same pair (though tbh, there’s a fair bit of float).

    angel

    September 7, 2017 at 12:37 am #901771
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    MartyMcCann

    I use SPD-SLs and normally

    I use SPD-SLs and normally get about 18 months out of them-but then I tend to use cleatcovers when walking any distance at all.

    September 6, 2017 at 9:14 pm #901769
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    sergius

    I wear through the left much

    I wear through the left much faster than the right, but generally get a years’ use out of a pair of Shimano ones.

    September 6, 2017 at 7:33 pm #901767
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    theironduck

    Well, I wasn’t expecting them

    Well, I wasn’t expecting them to last as long as SPDs but two rides seems a bit short!  I’d be happy with 12 months.  

    I’m wondering if I should return the PowerTaps and get some of the new Vectors – they use standard Look cleats.  

    September 6, 2017 at 3:09 pm #901765
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    Alessandro

    Wow, no, that shouldn’t be

    Wow, no, that shouldn’t be normal. I use Look cleats for my good shoes and my commuting shoes and, although I probably overextend the use on my commuters, they’re good for 12 months or so. Those look as though they’re made of cheese, and the soft spreadable stuff at that. 

    September 6, 2017 at 2:52 pm #901763
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    theironduck

    The offending article…

    The offending article…

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